On Thursday, 5th August, the 5/6s travelled to Scienceworks. Below is a description of the activities we participated in.
The Electrical Energy, Safety and Lightning Show
This 40-minute presentation was set in a purpose-built high voltage laboratory/theatre which featured equipment unique to Scienceworks. It demonstrated energy transfers and transformations involving electricity. Students explored how current electricity is produced using permanent magnets and coils of wire and how this principle is applied in power stations and electrical devices. We observed how electrical motors transform electrical energy into movement energy and how an electromagnet can be created.
We found out about static electricity, conductors and insulators, electric circuits, fuses and safety switches. Highlights included a hair-raising encounter with a Van der Graaff generator which made Samia's hair stand on end.
The show finished with a spectacular demonstration of lightning strikes and tips for safety strategies in lightning storms.
Science Fiction Science Future
We explored how science fiction could become a reality. If you thought teleportation, holograms, invisibility and mind control were only in the movies - think again. Science Fiction, Science Future allowed us to move objects with our mind, be mimicked by a life-like robot and see augmented reality in action.
This exhibition also gave us the opportunity to practice science literacy skills, including:
Predicting, imagining, thinking critically, being curious and assessing fictions versus fact; and,
Developing positive attitudes to science and scientists, being aware of the positive role of science in society, and being able to engage in social or political debates related to science.
Solar System Odyssey
Planetarium show
Solar System Odyssey
Jack Larson and crew from Solar System Odyssey.
Source: Museum Victoria
Solar System Odyssey is an adventure set in the future, in a time when humans have depleted the natural resources of their home planet. The hero of this story, Jack Larson, is sent on a mission to discover a new home that humans can colonise.
We explored our Solar System with Jack as he looked for answers to some important scientific questions:
How are the worlds of our Solar System alike?
How are they different?
What must those worlds have in order for humans to live there?
The journey took Jack Larson and us on an exciting exploration visiting interesting places such as the icy rings of Saturn, Jupiter's volcano-ridden moon Io and the sub-zero methane lakes of Saturn's moon Titan
Redesign Rosa's body using cybernetics
Sportsworks - Primary
Sportsworks explored the science of sports, how human bodies work, and design, materials and technologies of sports equipment. This exhibition encouraged us to learn about our own bodies’ strengths and skills, exploring how our heart and lungs work and watched our muscles and bones in action.
Children tested their skills as a rock climber, snowboarder, soccer goalie or raced against Cathy Freeman and discovered their own talents and sporting profiles.
Redesigning Rosa's body using cybernetics
Inside the Planetarium
Think Ahead
Developed by Museum Victoria, Think Ahead encouraged us to think about the future and our involvement in it through topics including medicine and health, cities, the environment, space, music and communication. The exhibition included the opportunity for us to:
Redesign our bodies using cybernetics
Designing our own 3D future city with vertical gardens and flying car factories
Stepping inside an immersive space craft experience
Influencing others’ emotions through creating different soundscapes
Designing our own 3D future city with vertical gardens and flying car factories
The Electrical Energy, Safety and Lightning Show
This 40-minute presentation was set in a purpose-built high voltage laboratory/theatre which featured equipment unique to Scienceworks. It demonstrated energy transfers and transformations involving electricity.
Students explored how current electricity is produced using permanent magnets and coils of wire and how this principle is applied in power stations and electrical devices. We observed how electrical motors transform electrical energy into movement energy and how an electromagnet can be created.
We found out about static electricity, conductors and insulators, electric circuits, fuses and safety switches. Highlights included a hair-raising encounter with a Van der Graaff generator which made Samia's hair stand on end.
The show finished with a spectacular demonstration of lightning strikes and tips for safety strategies in lightning storms.
Science Fiction Science Future
We explored how science fiction could become a reality. If you thought teleportation, holograms, invisibility and mind control were only in the movies - think again. Science Fiction, Science Future allowed us to move objects with our mind, be mimicked by a life-like robot and see augmented reality in action.
This exhibition also gave us the opportunity to practice science literacy skills, including:
Solar System Odyssey
Planetarium show
Source: Museum Victoria
Solar System Odyssey is an adventure set in the future, in a time when humans have depleted the natural resources of their home planet. The hero of this story, Jack Larson, is sent on a mission to discover a new home that humans can colonise.
We explored our Solar System with Jack as he looked for answers to some important scientific questions:
The journey took Jack Larson and us on an exciting exploration visiting interesting places such as the icy rings of Saturn, Jupiter's volcano-ridden moon Io and the sub-zero methane lakes of Saturn's moon Titan
Sportsworks - Primary
Sportsworks explored the science of sports, how human bodies work, and design, materials and technologies of sports equipment. This exhibition encouraged us to learn about our own bodies’ strengths and skills, exploring how our heart and lungs work and watched our muscles and bones in action.
Children tested their skills as a rock climber, snowboarder, soccer goalie or raced against Cathy Freeman and discovered their own talents and sporting profiles.
Redesigning Rosa's body using cybernetics
Inside the Planetarium
Think Ahead
Developed by Museum Victoria, Think Ahead encouraged us to think about the future and our involvement in it through topics including medicine and health, cities, the environment, space, music and communication.
The exhibition included the opportunity for us to:
Designing our own 3D future city with vertical gardens and flying car factories